February 16, 2021

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Law:

Despite Protests, I Think This Lawyer Might Really Be A Cat
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Law school deans want more time for reporting employment outcomes
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Practicing Law Virtually in 2021 Requires Mastering On-Camera Presence
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COVID-19 Was Only The Start Of Virtual Litigation
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Companies Want Lawyer Diversity, But Firms Lack Set Standard
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What Will Be The GameStop Of The Legal World?
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Trump Acquitted Again: Only Seven GOP Senators Vote To Convict Over Jan. 6 Attack Senate Acquits Donald Trump of Inciting an Insurrection in Most Bipartisan Vote to Convict in U.S. History Trump's Defense an Assault on Reason The final day of the Trump impeachment trial was shaped by McConnell, Democrats, and breakaway GOP senators Last-minute call for Trump impeachment witnesses is welcome, Senate Democrat says Lack of witnesses at Trump's trial is not the problem. Witness intimidation is. Senate votes to hear witnesses in Trump trial Fight over witnesses could delay Trump trial conclusion Senate Decided Not to Call Trump Impeachment Witnesses Because ‘People Want to Get Home for Valentine’s Day’: Report ‘It’s Pandemonium’: Senate Erupts Into Chaos And Shouting Matches After Approving Witnesses Trump World stunned by move to call witnesses Johnson confronts Romney after vote on witnesses New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters Questions build over Trump's knowledge of Capitol attack What GOP leader Kevin McCarthy snapped at Trump when President 'refused to call off MAGA mob' storming Capitol Raskin requests subpoena of Rep. Herrera Beutler following news of Trump-McCarthy call Herrera Beutler urges ‘patriots’ to talk about Trump call McConnell tells GOP colleagues he will vote to acquit Trump Which GOP senators are seen as possible votes against Trump? Trump returns to spotlight in trial — but not on his terms 'Convict Trump' banner flies over Mar-a-Lago during Senate impeachment trial As impeachment trial ends, GOP senators face big decision Trump Lawyer Bruce Castor Says The Quiet Part Out Loud in His Argument to Senators: No One Here is ‘Anxious to Have a Primary Challenge’ Trump lawyers: Impeachment based on hatred, not facts 'Constitutional cancel culture': Key takeaways from Day Four of Trump's impeachment trial A fight or a ‘fight’? In impeachment, a clash about context Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster Trump lawyer irked after senators laugh at him Poll: 52 percent say Senate should convict Trump ‘TRAITOR’ Painted Onto Trump Lawyer Michael Van Der Veen’s Driveway Raskin: "We have no regrets" on impeachment strategy What history will say about Trump's acquittal Senate Vote Fails to Erase Capitol Riot From Trump’s Legacy Mitch McConnell Says He’ll Vote to Acquit Trump Based On a Situation McConnell Himself Forced to Occur McConnell Excoriates Trump for Role in Riot Despite Acquittal Mitch McConnell: Why Trump Was Guilty McConnell would have happily considered finding Trump guilty, were it not for Mitch McConnell
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This is Trump's heaping list of legal problems post-impeachment
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Who Will Represent Donald Trump If He’s Criminally Charged?
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'Kraken' Lawyers Say Requests for Sanctions Against Them Are Nothing But 'A New Form of Political Retribution'
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Ex-Trump Campaign Lawyer Powell Hires Lin Wood for Defamation Case
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Lin Wood Doxed Georgia Officials
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Donald Trump Made Americans Hate Lawyers Again
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Trump has privately voiced concern about being charged related to January 6 riot 'This Was the Chance': Legal Experts Say DOJ Won’t Target Trump’s Comments Before Jan. 6 Siege on U.S. Capitol
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New York Prosecutors Put a Spotlight on Trump’s Flagship Properties New York Investigating Loans Made to Trump Properties
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Oath Keeper wanted to load boat with weapons for Potomac 2 brothers from Kansas, Idaho arrested in Capitol riots Capitol rioters scramble to trash photos and social media posts showing they were part of mob: report Lawyer Who Was Fired the Day After U.S. Capitol Siege Speaks for First Time About Visit from FBI and a Disciplinary Inquiry in Texas Prosecutors: Capitol Rioter Who Shot Birds and Named Them After Democrats ‘Pummeled’ a Cop, ‘Hit Him with an Uppercut’ Woman Posted on Facebook That Her Son 'Sat in Pelosi's Chair' During Capitol Siege: Affidavit Siege Defendant Who Took Pictures of Destroyed Capitol Furniture Said He Was Just Documenting 'History': Affidavit Prosecutors Balk at Capitol Defendant's Request to Travel to Peru, a COVID-19 Hotspot without Extradition for Misdemeanors
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'We shouldn’t have followed him': Nikki Haley sharply condemns Trump's post-election behavior Nikki Haley Pronounces Trump Politically Dead: He ‘Let Us Down,’ Can’t ‘Let That Ever Happen Again’
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Capitol Police issues no confidence vote in leaders
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Georgia prosecutor probing Donald Trump's 'find us votes' call to secretary of state Brad Raffensperger says investigation goes beyond just the call and that grand jury subpoenas are coming Georgia Prosecutor Is Coming For Donald Trump
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Investigating Trump a big early move for Atlanta’s new DA In Georgia, a New District Attorney Starts Circling Trump and His Allies
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Fox hosts Dobbs, Bartiromo strike back in voting fraud suit
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The agency founded because of 9/11 is shifting to face the threat of domestic terrorism
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FBI Informant Panic Is Ruining Friendships All Over the Far Right
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The decline of Proud Boys: what does the future hold for far-right group?
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Ammon Bundy, veteran of armed standoffs, builds militia network on COVID-19 backlash
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Man proposes using rings stolen from other lover, authorities say
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Indiana man pleads guilty to hate crime for targeting neighbor with burning cross, swastika
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Britney Spears conservatorship ruling was blow to father, experts say
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ICE nearly released sex abuse convicts despite Biden memo
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Biden to begin allowing migrants forced to wait in Mexico to enter U.S.
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Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
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Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
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Cops: Woman Attacked Sister With EpiPen
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George Floyd Family's Counsel Denounces LAPD Officers Accused of Circulating 'You Take My Breath Away' Valentine’s Day-Inspired Card: 'Beyond Insult on Top of Injury'
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Former public defender agrees to suspension, partly for firing 3 women after confrontation with his wife
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State supreme court allows defendants to challenge prolonged detention caused by pandemic trial delays
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Philadelphia District Attorney Admonished for Lack of Candor
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Lawsuit Targeting Texas Attorney General Alleges a Conspiracy of Fraud and Harassment, a 'Wild Conspiracy Theory,' and Paying People to Keep a Lid on His 'Mistress'
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Fake officer with gun and badge detained people during ‘traffic stops,’ SC police say
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'Kid Cop,' Who Impersonated Officer as 14-Year-Old, Charged Again As Grown Man Doing Same Thing
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Police Chase Ended with Chief Hugging, Consoling Distraught Driver
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12-year-old boy fatally shoots intruder who tried to rob grandmother, family says
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Maskless Lawter Goes on Rant, Shoves Gym Staffer: 'It's Not a Racist Thing. It's a Liberal Thing'
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Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime’s ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-Streamed?
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Judges:

Some BK SD TX Courts Closed For Weather
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Delaware Judges Pitch In For Epic Music Video
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Amy Coney Barrett Sides with Liberal Justices in Emergency Order Blocking Alabama Man’s Execution
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Wall Street:

Dow futures rise 200 points as stocks look to add to record levels
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Is The Stock Market About To Crash?
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Layoffs:

Drones Seen Capturing 30% of Express Delivery Market by 2040
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Santa Clara County cuts hundreds of jobs to reduce deficit
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GE has nearly halved its U.S. workforce in 3 years, with more job cuts likely
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Retailing:

Getting Through a Retail Bankruptcy During the Pandemic
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Politics:

With Trump impeachment trial over, wary Washington seeks to move forward
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Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal U.S. lawmakers will set up commission to probe Jan. 6 attack on Capitol: Pelosi
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Sen. Richard Burr faces censure from North Carolina GOP after impeachment vote Bill Cassidy defends voting to convict Trump after backlash The 7 Republicans who voted to convict Trump GOP senators who voted to convict Trump are now facing backlash in their home states Murkowski delivers 'scorching' statement on voting to convict Trump
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Sen. Ron Johnson plays down Capitol riots: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'
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McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer
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Poll: Biden's job approval remains steady at around 60 percent
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“I Will Destroy You”: Biden Aide Threatened a Politico Reporter Pursuing a Story on His Relationship White House aide suspended for threatening reporter White House aide TJ Ducklo resigns after threatening reporter
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Cuomo administration ‘froze’ over nursing home data requests Cuomo keeps a low profile and avoids reporters at Oval Office meeting Lauded early in pandemic, Cuomo now panned on nursing homes Cuomo faces new allegations of covering up nursing home deaths Cuomo acknowledges withholding New York nursing home pandemic death toll from lawmakers, public Rep. Stefanik says 'dam is breaking' against Gov. Cuomo after nursing home cover-up
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As Trump's businesses struggle, the most profitable asset in his real estate empire is at risk
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GOP Finds It Hard to Quit Trump, Forcing a Post-Trial Reckoning Loyalty to Trump remains the fault line for Republicans Trump’s Allies Lash Out, Foreshadowing Fight for Party’s Future
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Arizona legislator compares transgender people to farm animals
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Veteran GOP strategist resigns from board of Lincoln Project
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Nebraska Sen. Sasse bets political future on opposing Trump
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Kinzinger calls for people with info on Trump to come forward
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Brown blasts 'spineless' GOP colleagues at trial
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Graham says he'll meet with Trump to discuss GOP's future
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The five GOP senators who voted to call witnesses
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Trump Says MAGA Movement Has ‘Only Just Begun’ In Celebratory Post-Acquittal Statement
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Senator notices mismatching shoes at trial: 'I had a lot on my mind'
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Pentagon, Congress appoint panel members to rename Confederate base names
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Kamala Harris' influencer niece Meena, 36, is still using the Vice President's name to help flog merchandise from her feminist clothing line despite being warned by White House to stop Biden's lawyers told Kamala Harris' niece Meena to stop using her aunt to boost her brand, report says
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Tennessee Legislator Who Suggested White People May Become Slaves One Day Introduces Bill Allowing Men to Stop Abortions
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Rep. Greene's Incredibly Racist Hometown
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Litigation Finance:

Funding insolvency claims in Asia-Pacific
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Private Equity:

GPB Capital Runs Ponzi-Like Scheme to Maintain 8% Returns
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Autos:

VW Blames Suppliers for Chip Shortages
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Economy:

Sign of inequality: US salaries recover even as jobs haven’t
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Regular Continued Unemployment Claims Since 1967
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Millions returned to pandemic unemployment programs in January
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$10,269 in Covid Relief Per Person
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Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Wary Steelmakers Leave ‘Giant Hole’ in Biden’s U.S. Factory Push
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Study: $1,400 stimulus checks would help 22.6 million pay bills through mid-July
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Pregnant, unemployed and evicted: A hard-hit mobile home owner fears 'losing it all'
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Activists fear Biden’s commitment to higher minimum wage
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Washington Post economics reporter: Federal Reserve counters arguments that Biden's COVID-19 plan is too big
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Biden: Governors, mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID-19
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We're in a minimum wage debate loop
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Remote Workers Flee to $70,000-a-Month Resorts While Awaiting Vaccines
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New Yorkers are fleeing to Palm Beach — and NYC businesses are following
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U.S. tariffs on Europe wine, cheese imports to remain for now
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The data case for more stimulus
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New Orleans businesses say they've had the 'rug pulled out' as city enacts Mardi Gras shutdown
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Who Will Pick Up The Economic Slack?
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401K Plans Won't Fix Retirement Crisis
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Decreased
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Koch Industries Buys Stalled Las Vegas Casino Development
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Fannie Mae execs see path to exit conservatorship
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Soaring home prices push the wealth-to-income ratio to record high
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New Hampshire Real Estate in January: Sales Up 14% YoY, Inventory Down 61% YoY
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South Carolina Real Estate in January: Sales Up 19% YoY, Inventory Down 42% YoY
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Sacramento Housing in January: Sales increase 12% YoY, Active Inventory down 49% YoY
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Minnesota Real Estate in January: Sales Up 16% YoY, Inventory Down 48% YoY
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Atlanta Real Estate in January: Sales Up 9.5% YoY, Inventory Down 52% YoY
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North Texas Real Estate in January: Sales Up 11% YoY, Inventory Down 59% YoY
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Colorado Real Estate in January: Sales Up 2% YoY, Inventory Down 61% YoY
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Housing Inventory Feb 15th Update: At Record Lows
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Bidding Wars for Homes are Off the Charts
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U.S. home builders urge Biden to help slow housing inflation
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Investment in Bankrupt Forever 21 Nets “Pretty Good” ROI for Simon Property Group
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico governor: Trump's comments after Hurricane Maria were "really insulting"
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Oil/Gas:

Oklahoma Strengthens Lead Over Texas in First Purchaser Protection Matchup in In re First River Energy, LLC
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Rare Cold Snap Rattles The Heart Of U.S. Shale
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Manchin pushes natural gas in letter to Biden
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Natural Gas Skyrockets Again to $500 as Blackouts Spread in U.S.
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Jaguar to transition to all electric vehicles, Land Rover to go majority electric
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Biggest U.S. Oil Refineries Closing Because of Frigid Air
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Oil hits pandemic high as winter storm pushes demand and poses production risk Oil prices near 13-month highs, supported by Texas cold snap
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Cold weather cuts Permian oil output by 1 million barrels a day
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Freeze Spurs Texas to Give Energy Priority to Homes, Hospitals
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American Oil Demand Is Emerging After Months of Covid Paralysis
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Cannabis:

The Uncertain Future of Cannabis Bankruptcies and the 2020 Elections
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Coal:

Mining execs of bankrupt Powder River firm got big bonuses
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Satellites:

Bankrupt Intelsat Files Restructuring Plan to Halve Debt
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Accounting:

Steinhoff's former auditor Deloitte to pay $85 million to settle certain claims
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Healthcare:

Chicago’s Mercy Hospital Fights to Close Amid Care Concerns Chicago's oldest hospital files for bankruptcy, angering state officials
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Covid Cases Drop in Hard-Hit States as Vaccinations Speed Up
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Recovered Covid patients have been reinfected with new virus strains, WHO says
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Vice President Harris: Trump left no COVID plan
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British scientists say U.K. coronavirus variant is "likely" deadlier
(DBN)

Study on Pfizer vaccine shows 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 cases
(DBN)

AstraZeneca COVID vaccine cleared for emergency use by WHO
(DBN)

Pentagon Touts Vaccine Administration Rate Amid Concerns of Widespread Refusal
(DBN)

Tight supply creates reluctance over federal vaccine sites
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Fauci: Americans shouldn't let down their guard about virus variants CDC director warns states against dropping mask mandates amid concern about Covid mutations Rise of Variants Sparks Push for All-in-One Covid Vaccines Study finds 7 new 'worrying' coronavirus variants in the U.S.
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Black hospital faces vaccine mistrust from unlikely source
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Nearly a third of US adults undecided on COVID-19 vaccine: poll
(DBN)

How to Beat the Pandemic by Summer
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Some Europeans get choosy about which vaccines they want
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Putin Pitches Russia’s Covid-19 Vaccine But Still Won’t Take It
(DBN)

Oxford University to begin testing COVID-19 vaccine in children
(DBN)

LA church to host indoor conference of 3,000 attendees, despite public health order
(DBN)

Police emphasize clampdown on crowds as Mardi Gras nears
(DBN)

Cover that red nose! Circus festival adapts to virus rules
(DBN)

WHO chief warns of complacency as global virus cases drop
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Five things to know about new CDC coronavirus guidelines
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The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories
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WSJ: 32 million rapid coronavirus tests go unused
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Tourism:

The New Look of Spring Break
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Food/Beverage

Steak ’n Shake Considers Bankruptcy Filing to Manage Debt Load
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Restaurants face a gloomy Valentine's Day
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Valentine’s Day Nudge Gives NYC Restaurants Cause for Optimism
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Close, Reopen, Repeat. Restaurants Don’t Know What Covid-19 Will Dish Out Next.
(WSJ)

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Tech:

States eye flurry of new taxes on Amazon, Facebook and Google, trying to force tech to pay its 'fair share'
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Parler remerges after a month offline
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Student Debt:

Is Your Student Loan A FFEL Loan? That May Matter For Student Loan Forgiveness
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Could These Student Loan Borrowers Be Excluded From Forgiveness?
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Pharma:

Purdue University lawyers face disclosure questions over Sackler defense contracts
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Distressed Investing:

Riskiest borrowers make up biggest share of junk-bond deals since 2007
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Yachts:

Ferretti Group and Sanlorenzo to rescue Perini Navi in joint venture
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Utilities:

Texas power retailers to customers in face of freeze: Please, leave us
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Sports:

Australian Open bans fans amid coronavirus lockdown
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TX Lt. Gov Cancel Cultures Dallas Mavs Over National Anthem
(DBN)

Medical Ethicist: Olympic Athletes Should Be Allowed to Go to the Head of the Vaccine Line
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (40 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Biggest U.S. Bankruptcies in January 2021
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Finance:

PPP Loan Availability in Bankruptcy Hinges on the SBA
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Congress Enacts Modification to Bankruptcy Procedures Governing Assumption and Rejection of Leases
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Miscellaneous:

Updated: Guide To Financial Support Measures Across Europe And The Middle East
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UPDATED Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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D&O:

D&O Insurance Coverage Barred for Execs Not Acting in an Insured Capacity
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Aviation:

Airlines push White House to reject testing for US flights Biden rules out requiring COVID tests for domestic flights for now
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American Airlines to Weigh Refinancing of Treasury Debt
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Dubai Airports Traffic Slumps 70% in 2020 on Covid-19 Lockdowns
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Chinese court approves creditor bankruptcy moves for affiliates of Hainan Airlines
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Creditors accuse Norwegian Air Shuttle of ‘unreasonable pressure’
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Malaysia Airlines' parent holds meeting with creditors
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Fraud:

How billions in pandemic aid was swindled by con artists and crime syndicates
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 30.5% Year-over-year
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Education:

CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely CDC revises school reopening guidance, warns that Covid variants could cause issues
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CDC's New 'Reopening' Guidance Will Keep Schools Closed in the Fall
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School holidays are particularly challenging for working parents
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Remote students are more stressed than their peers in the classroom, study shows
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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for armed troops to be placed in schools on Parkland anniversary
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Non-Profits:

New York Attorney General Asks Bankruptcy Judge to Dismiss NRA's 'Bad Faith' Petition
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Climate:

Top Economists Warn U.S. Against Underestimating Climate Damage
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Central Banks Criticized for Risky Gamble on Climate Risks
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Yellen: Treasury's approach to climate will 'change dramatically' from Trump era
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Massive winter storm triggers chaos across the country Historic Arctic outbreak brings dangerous cold, snow and ice to central and southern U.S. Central TX: 395K without power as outages lasting hours in bitter cold Power cut across Texas as snow, ice blanket southern Plains 2.7 million people in Texas are without power during winter storm Texas sees one of its coldest winters in decades as temperatures drop In photos: Major winter storm lashes the U.S. from coast to coast Blackouts Hit 13 States Beyond Texas in Deepening Power Crisis U.S. cold snap leaves 5 million in Texas, Mexico without power Texas’ power grid crumples under the cold Texas city forced to shut off water due to winter storm
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Pollution Limit Waived for Texas Power Plants in Emergency Order
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The Single Biggest Threat To The Electric Vehicle Boom
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Tax:

This tax pitfall could impact millions due to Covid. What you need to know
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Transit:

MTA Will Begin Phased Reopening of NYC Subways Beginning Feb. 22
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UK:

Pensions Schemes Act – Why should UK insolvency practitioners be concerned?
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Britain’s economy shrank by nearly 10 percent in 2020, the most in 300 years.
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Brits may have to show a Covid vaccine passport to go to pub or restaurant
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U.K. Was Unprepared for Pandemic, Cummings Says in Court Filing
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Boris Johnson Urged to Open U.K. Schools Slowly to Avoid Virus Surge
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U.K. Faces Up to Economic Scars Set to Linger Beyond Covid-19
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High-Risk Arrivals to U.K. Must Quarantine in Hotels From Monday
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U.K. Lockdown-Skeptic MPs Seek April End to Restrictions: Sky
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U.K. Meets Key Vaccine Target, Opening Path to Lifting Lockdown
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Says Lockdowns Push London Theater to Abyss
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EU:

EU Faces Bankruptcies And Bad Loans As COVID-19 Help For Firms Ends
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Free-Spending Private Equity Firms Set a Record Pace in Europe
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Euro zone eyes March-May decisions on post-COVID econ support tapering
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Canada:

Many questions, not many answers from LU board at first meeting since creditor protection filing
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The Feds Did a Good Job: Bankruptcies in Canada in 2020 Hit a 20-Year Low
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Germany:

Recent Changes in German Insolvency Law
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Merkel promises lockdown will not last a day longer than necessary
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France:

France Expects Imminent EU Backing for Corporate Recovery Plan
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Brazil:

Brazil governors seek own vaccine supplies as stocks run low
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Brazil Cities Run Out of Covid Shots a Month Into Vaccinations
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Russia:

Protests Go Beyond Navalny as Putin's Reserve of Good Will Wanes Russia's rising poverty fuels political discontent
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China:

Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role
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Biden administration has "deep concerns" about WHO's COVID-19 probe U.K. Backs Biden Over Call for China to Release Covid Data WHO Backs Away From Outright Rejection of Virus Lab-Leak Theory
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New Zealand:

New Zealand confirms U.K. coronavirus strain as city locks down New Zealand Gets Pandemic Reality Check as Auckland Locked Down
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Singapore:

Singapore Likely to Run Deficit for Third Year Due to Covid
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Singapore Sees Steady Growth Rebound as More Stimulus Expected
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Colombia:

Colombia Suffered Its Deepest Slump Since 1905 Last Year
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MENA:

U.S. to Spend $600 Million on Jerusalem Embassy, Report Says
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As Lebanon's banks struggle to raise capital, a deadline looms
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South Africa:

Ramaphosa Says South Africa Can’t Afford Virus Relief Indefinitely
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Czech Republic:

Czechs Extend Lockdown for Two Weeks as Cabinet Defies Lawmakers
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Japan:

Japan’s Unizo under pressure to consider bankruptcy filing
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Japan Economy Clocks Double-Digit Growth for Second Quarter
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Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka too poor to lockdown country
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South Africa:

Eskom is getting ready to take over defaulting municipalities
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Ukraine:

Financial Restructuring - Status Amid the Pandemic
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